The typeface George W. Bush doesn't want you to see

Designer Oliver Munday created this typeface, Fire in the Hole, from burned and dismembered toy soldiers. (Click the link for a full-size image.) It's clever and well-crafted, but considering how thousands of young American soldiers are coming back from Iraq similarly burned and dismembered, it makes me somewhat queasy. I have no idea what Oliver's intention was with this piece-- whether it was intended as a serious statement or just to be funny-- and his site doesn't say. If it's the former, kudos to him. Type is supposed to be a tool to convey a message; It's not often that type has the message baked in.

Comments

[Jon Punnie]

That is so funny -- yet sad.